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Finally, Pumpkin Carving!

Wednesday, October 30th, 2019

Yes, this ended up being a lot later than we usually carve our pumpkins.  On the up side, they had no time to get moldy before Halloween!



Art Of The Week – Abstract Watercolor

Tuesday, October 29th, 2019

The funny thing about this watercolor that Tad created in art class?  He really didn’t enjoy the randomness of it.  According to his teacher, he really didn’t like the initial “drawing of the shapes” first phase.  But when it came to actually coloring it in with watercolors? That, he did enjoy.  Abstract still isn’t his […]



Art Of The Week – Starry Night

Tuesday, October 15th, 2019

This actually came home last week, but that’s okay.  Tad has joined art club at school – which means that he stays after for the club meeting once a week, and then we pick him up when club is over.  Ms. A, his former art teacher of the last two years, runs art club, and […]



Art Of The Week – Pumpkin Still Life, Part 2

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

Tad finished his still life painting! I do like that he chose to paint the more uniquely colored pumpkin, but I do feel like he rushed the paint a bit – you can see where it isn’t as clean on the lines as he could have made it.  But he apparently wanted to jump into […]